Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_organization
|
| gptkbp:activePeriod |
1918–1954
|
| gptkbp:badge |
border guard badge
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Soviet_Union
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1954
|
| gptkbp:engagedIn |
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Soviet–Finnish_War gptkb:Soviet_occupation_of_the_Baltic_states gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Poland |
| gptkbp:function |
anti-smuggling operations
fighting infiltrators guarding borders supporting internal security operations |
| gptkbp:garrison |
gptkb:Moscow
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Moscow
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
NKVD Border Troops
|
| gptkbp:notableCommander |
gptkb:Lavrentiy_Beria
gptkb:Nikolai_Yezhov gptkb:Vsevolod_Merkulov |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Soviet–Japanese_border_conflicts
gptkb:Soviet_occupation_of_Bessarabia_and_Northern_Bukovina Great Purge (internal security) Katyn massacre involvement (security) Operation Bagration (rear security) Operation Barbarossa defense Operation Lentil (Chechen deportations) Operation North (religious deportations) Operation Priboi (Baltic deportations) Operation Spring (Polish deportations) Operation Ulusy (Kalmyk deportations) Operation Volna (Belarusian deportations) Operation West (Ukrainian deportations) Soviet–Afghan border security Soviet–Chinese border security Soviet–Finnish border security Soviet–German border incidents Soviet–Polish War (border security) Soviet–Romanian border security mass deportations in Baltic states |
| gptkbp:parentOrganization |
gptkb:People's_Commissariat_for_Internal_Affairs
|
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:NKVD
|
| gptkbp:predecessor |
Cheka Border Troops
|
| gptkbp:role |
border security
internal security counter-intelligence |
| gptkbp:size |
hundreds of thousands (at peak)
|
| gptkbp:subordinateUnit |
NKVD Main Directorate of Border and Internal Troops
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:KGB_Border_Troops
|
| gptkbp:uniform |
distinctive green piping
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:KGB_Border_Troops
gptkb:General_Ivan_Maslennikov |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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